Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, October 27, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, October 27, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY MARKETS: Cotton farmers’ hopes belied as meltdown hits prices Bullish price signals give way to disappointing results. Bhathinda (Punjab), Oct. 26 It happened to sugarcane in 2006. This time, it is happening to soyabean and cotton — a case of growers responding enthusiastically to bullish crop price ... TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Gold may test resistance levels Gold futures, ended higher on Friday as equities tumbled worldwide, boosting demand for the precious metal as a safe-haven. Gold is expected to fare better than other commodities as a global slowdown reduces demand for raw materials. There are ... COMMODITIES: Weak sentiment across commodities Mumbai, Oct. 26 It was a disastrous week for the commodities market. There was an across-the-board collapse covering especially industrial metals, base metals, precious metals, ferroalloys, scrap and ... COTTON: No mealy bug woes this time; Kapas yields higher in North Average yield/hectare increases from 536 to 612 kg. Mansa (Punjab), Oct 26 While cotton farmers in the North have reasons to be sore over harvest prices, there are no such regrets when it comes to production ... TECHNOLOGY: ‘Farmers should take advantage of technology’ Hyderabad, Oct. 26 The farmers should take advantage of new technologies to increase the production and quality of grains, according to Dr B.C. Viraktamath, Product Director, the Directorate of Rice Research ... WOOL: Australian wool production seen at 80-yr low Chennai, Oct. 26 Total Australian shorn wool production is forecast to decline in the 2008-09 season, reaching an 80-year low of 387,000 tonnes despite good summer rains and improved average cut per ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Bay bracing to witness cyclonic storm Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal (a numbered tropical cyclone 04B) is being credited with the attributes to blow up as a named cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday ... INSIGHT: Higher standards will find their level We need to take a break from all the discussion about the financial crisis and impending recession that my last two columns were on. Not because it is not important but the gloom will still be there when we return.Meanwhile, other events ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Conflicting stands of vegoil industry bodies Mumbai, Oct 26 It is now an intra-industry war out in the open; and no effort is spared by the warring groups. The country’s oils and fats industry is split wide open with pro and anti duty-hike groups lobbying hard with the Government ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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